Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, who commanded a mujahideen faction during the decade-long insurgency against the Soviet occupiers, passed away late Monday in a Kabul hospital after a long illness.
Prominent Afghans, including former president Hamid Karzai, have begun visiting the Mojaddedi family home to pay their respects.
Afghanistan's de facto prime minister Abdullah Abdullah extended his condolences to the respected Mojaddedi clan.